Hands off approach to defence tests Salford owner’s patience

Salford City Reds 10 Wakefield Wildcats 46

Christopher Irvine

Tuesday June 11 2013, 1.01am, The Times

Cockayne scores Wakefield&#8217;s seventh try against Salford

ED SYKES

Christopher Irvine

Tuesday June 11 2013, 1.01am, The Times

Six months into his colourful ownership of Salford City Reds, Dr Marwan Koukash issued a stark warning before this latest capitulation. “If I’m not capable of delivering success, I won’t hang around,” the millionaire racehorse owner said.

Koukash’s ambitions of Salford becoming a Super League powerhouse are a light-year or two away from being realised and patience, as he has already demonstrated, is not part of his make-up. Ed Farish, his chief executive, was culled last week and a 68-10 hiding by Warrington Wolves was followed by this ugly mauling for the side a place off the bottom of the table.

On whether he would take an even greater hands-on role, Koukash said: “I definitely will. I need to. It’s not just a matter of